2007-September-10 : U.S. Navy orders 4 Hydrolite systems.

Two Hydrolite-TM systems were delivered to the U.S. Navy in October. Two more are currently on order. The systems were outfitted with Trimble Pro XRS DGPS and OmniStar Wide Area Differental Service. The Navy will be using the systems with their Special Operations Forces. For more information on the Hydrolite check out our products page.

2007-January-10 : Seafloor Systems at Hypack 2007

Seafloor Systems, Inc. exhibited at the Hypack 2007 Training Conference held in Tampa, FL from January 8-10, 2007. Seafloor had on hand the new Hydrolite-TM portable hydrographic survey system and the General Acoustics Log_aLevel ultrasonic tide gauge. Both systems were available for demonstration waterside at the hotel. Pictured from L-R are Seafloor President and Founder John Tamplin, East Coast Sales Manager Tim Tamplin, Sr. Hydrographer Kevin Tomanka, and Hydrographic Technician Donny Brouillette.

2006-August-20 : Seafloor wins U.S. Army dive team contract.

Seafloor Systems was awarded the contract to deliver 16 HydroLite-TM™ systems to the US Army Dive Team Tactical Command. The HydroLite-TM™ system is a fast deployable, ruggedized, and wireless hydrographic survey system that can be set up and torn down quickly and easily. The wireless technology of the Trimble GeoXT datalogger and the Ohmex SonarMite echosounder allow the units to be removed from the vessel and taken onto the beach to survey land points and intertidal areas, then reinstalled on the vessel for survey without need for recalibration.

2006-May-20 : Look for Seafloor Systems, booth 14 at WEDA conference

Seafloor Systems will be attending the 26th annual Western Dredging Association conference this year in San Diego, CA from June 25-28th. The theme of this years conference is, "Dredging: Creating a Strong Economy". Stop by booth 14 and see the latest equipment in support of hydrographic survey, dredging, and construction projects. For more information on WEDA XXVI, Click Here, or visit www.westerndredging.com

2005-January-05 : Columbia River Tide Network gets boost

In order to further bolster Tide Monitoring along the Columbia River, the Port of Astoria and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have both purchased Remote Telemetering Tide Stations from Seafloor Systems, Inc. of Hillsboro, OR. The Tide Gauges boast the ability to log and transmit real-time tide information via radio telemetry to Users with remote receiving equipment onshore as well while shipboard. The Seafloor Systems Tide Station is an integrated pressure sensor based system within a weatherproof enclosure for long-term operation and deployment. For more information on the network or the Tide Station, contact info@seafloorsystems.com.

2004-September-30 : NAVOCEANO orders Autonomous Surface Vehicle

The U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office has ordered an Autonomous Surface Vehicle for hydrographic survey (singlebeam bathymetry and side scan sonar imaging) and water quality sampling (CTD and Transmissometer) operations. Seafloor Systems, Inc. was awarded a contract by the Navy to provide an operational prototype of the Hydrographic Unmanned Surface Craft (HUSCy) in support of unmanned hydrographic survey programs. The HUSKY system was developed with SeaRobotics Corp. of W. Palm Beach, FL as an alternative to costly and complex AUV's (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles) and is capable of up to 20 hours of sustained operation, providing line-of-sight as well as over-the-horizon communications between the vehicle and launch platform. In addition to the HUSCy vehicle, Seafloor and SeaRobotics have also jointly designed a multibeam vehicle coupled with an inertial position and orientation system for high-resolution survey and mapping applications. Contact Seafloor Systems for more information.

2004-September-01 Seafloor Systems opens Northern California Sales Office

Seafloor Systems announced today the opening of a Northern California Sales Office just outside of Sacramento. Seafloor Systems President, John Tamplin, says "the new office was opened in order to better meet the growing demand for our range of hydrographic survey equipment and services in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento Delta areas." The mailing address for the CA office is:

2004-June-21: Seafloor Systems delivers a dual frequency side scan sonar system to Multnomah County Sheriff's Office

Seafloor Systems delivered a Marine Sonic Technology Centurion dual frequency side scan sonar system to the the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office River Patrol Unit. The Marine Sonic Side Scan sonar operates at 600 and 1200 KHz and logs data to a portable PC included with the system. Staff from Seafloor Systems will be training the River Patrol Unit to setup and operate the system. The team plans to use the system in combination with Hypack MAX survey planning and vessel navigation software to locate targets in the Multnomah County's waterways.

2004-March-14: Seafloor announces the appointment of Michael (Mel) Littell to the position of Sr. Electronics Engineer

Mel has over 30-years experience as a Naval Electronics Technician prior to his retirement as a Master Chief in 2003, while simultaneously earning a Bachelors degree in Electronics Engineering. His past duty stations include two tours of duty with the Deep Submergence Unit-1 in support of the Deep Ocean Search and Recovery operations using deep-towed side scan sonar and a tour of duty with the Trieste II submarine rescue vehicle detachment. Mel's primary training as Electronics Technician is specializing in Ship's Inertial Navigation Systems, a highly sought-after specialty in the hydrographic community owing to the integration of inertial technology with the hydrographic survey industry. Mel repairs and maintains Seafloor's

POS-MV 320 and F-180 inertial navigation and attitude systems as well as providing manufacturing and technical support for Seafloor's range of products.

2003-July-03: Seafloor Systems Introduces a tide gauge with telemetry

In response to requests from our customer's request to replace existing tide gauges with real-time radio telemetry, Seafloor has delivered an integrated, compact tide station with telemetry. The first unit was delivered to the Broward County port everglades survey group for realtime monitoring and display of tidal height at the ports entrance. The Seafloor Tide Station was delivered with multiple remote receivers and optional LED displays for realtime display and monitoring by the survey department and port personnel. Click here for more information on the Seafloor tide station.

2003-May-15: Seafloor Systems introduces the Echo Cat™

Seafloor Systems announces the release of the Echo Cat™ shallow water towed survey system. The echo cat can survey in depths as shallow as 0.5 feet. The Echo Cat is the perfect solution for shallow water surveys in remote locations. Click here for more information the Echo Cat.

2003-Apr-01: Seafloor Systems named West Coast distributor for Trimble

Trimble Navigation, the World's leading developer of GPS solutions for the survey and construction industry has named Seafloor System its West Coast Distributor for its marine product line. In addition to GPS systems, Trimble also develops software for the hydrographic and marine construction industries. For additional details or information contact info@seafloorsystems.com or, visit the Trimble website at: www.trimble.com.

2003-Mar-03: Seafloor Systems Inc. acquires an EM-3000 system

Seafloor Systems acquires a Simrad EM-3000 shallow water multibeam echosounder for its leasepool. The EM-3000 is a turnkey system operating at 300-kHz making it ideal for shallow-water (<150m) survey providing both high-resolution bathymetry and calibrated backscatter imagery from a single, portable transducer that can be either hull- or pole-mounted to vessels of opportunity. The EM-3000 incorporates Simrad's new EM-3000 PC-Controller software module for interface to all PC-based data acquisition and processing packages.

2002-Mar-01: New technologists found at Seafloor

Seafloor Systems, Inc. is pleased to welcome Jerry Brantner as our new Hydrographic Projects Manager and Kevin Tomanka as our Information Technology Engineer.

Jerry joined SSI as a consultant in June of 2001, fresh out of the Cal State Monterey Bay's ESSP Mapping Lab with a BS in Earth Systems, Science, and Policy, concentrating on Marine and Coastal Ecology.  As our new Hydrographic Projects Manager, Jerry's main focus will be on providing customer support and service to our clients using multibeam echosounder's and CARIS HIPS NT multibeam processing software.  He is a member of the Hydrographic Society of America and Jerry's outside interests include Golf and Rock Climbing.

Kevin is currently a student at the University of Oregon and has been working in the computer industry for more than five years.  As our Hydrographic Technician, Kevin maintains our network and website as well as our range of PC-based data acquisition and processing systems. Contact Kevin via e-mail at: ktomanka@seafloorsystems.com.

2001-Nov-27: Seafloor jumps 10 km N

Seafloor Systems is pleased to announce our move to a new facility in the Portland, OR metro area.  The new facility boasts extensive warehouse and service areas as well as sales and support offices.  The new facility has a 500-gallon acoustic test tank and an Electronics Engineering Lab enabling Seafloor to maintain and support our range of rental equipment and products.

Both our address and contact phone numbers have changed.  Please see our contact page for the updated information.